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The Real Baltimore
Kim Klacik is a Republican running for Congress in Baltimore, and she has a few things to say. Warning: pearl clutchers should have pearls handy before watching this campaign ad:
While Nancy makes selfie-videos of her $30 a pint designer ice cream, Kim Klacik is shaking up her old home town. Sometimes the revolution that arises is not the one the elites were staging. A race worth following. Donate here.
As you were.
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It would also be better looking . . .
Don’t forget the shoes. And the legs. And the face. And the bod- . . . I’ll shut up now . . .
I noticed she didn’t say to vote Republican, just blacks didn’t have to vote Democrat . . .
I think you could make the red dress with combat boots work . . .
Oh, I don’t know…with my red hair, I never could wear red or pink.
I’m trying to get ahead of events for once: After they lose the 2020 elections, I predict they’ll rebrand as the Democratic Socialist Party.
May have to go to a green dress.
Is that before or after they pull a coup and remove Trump?
I note she has an understated, almost taupe lipstick. A full red with all that other red could have been ever so tacky and instead of “Wow, LOVE the look” it could have been “Was there a sale at Target, dear?” The little touches rule. And, gang don’t we love the fitted sleeveless dress? Alluring yet still professional. Did not love the shoes but you know me…
She makes one ask the big questions: Nancy Pelosi, who dresses you? Gawd, with all that money you and hubby have tucked away could we not see that whole upscale bag lady look? And ‘the squad’! When they appear on the screen you feel like BLM has looted a Walmart or Antifa must have blown up a thrift store. Honey, puhleeze! What is the point of political corruption and self-dealing if it does not buy one some style? Am I right?
I love it. Unfortunately, class cannot be bought, and style often follows class.
OldB,
You’re both funny and right. Listen, I have inside information who the Democrat women are relying on for fashion tips.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to guest judge on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Tasteful.
Regards,
Jim
Then we can expect a significant improvement in her sartorial skills, if not cosmetic mastery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q4LfAs_-kc&t=107
The way AOS dresses is a clue. Her outfits are always trim and close-fitting, but what really catches my eye is the regular use of 4 cuff buttons. It is so obvious that she’s a little girl playing military dress-up, without the faintest bit of self awareness. “I’m a general! Now listen while I tell you what to do!” Ilhan Omar does the same thing.
Disrecommended.
I’m somewhere around her left shoulder.
“The world moves on a woman’s hips, the world moves and it swivels and bops.” – a Talking Head
You’d think they would know better. Was it St Patrick’s Day or something? Even so…
Just the shoulder? I would be all over that…
The Klacik campaign thanks you for your support.
Would match my jungle camouflage boots.
Wasn’t referring to Klacik. I would still have trouble not saying he/him.
So the topic has drifted a little bit…
Now, I’m no fashion expert by any stretch… but I think a dress with a “green screen fail” weather map pattern would be totally awesome. It would turn heads, for sure.
Midnight, one more night without sleeping
Watching till the morning comes creeping
Green door, what’s that secret you’re keeping?
Uhhh… Marilyn Chambers?
Shakin’ Stevens.
I found this in my 10 mins of Googling:
“The most popular model for school funding is the foundation grant. Under this model, the state decides the minimum amount that should be spent per student, calculates each district’s ability to pay, and fills in the gap.”
Source: https://apps.urban.org/features/funding-formulas/
I found other sources and they all agree on a basic point: funding is allocated per student so more students = more money. Whether or not the average cost per pupil stays the same doesn’t matter if you have to pay all your teachers, keep the lights on, pay the janitors, etc…with less income. Same story on income per student. If everyone went to a charter school it may be the case that the public school still would receive some money (although I highly doubt that situation would continue to persist for very long) and the income per student would technically be infinite but total income would be a fraction of what it was.
But they don’t have to pay ALL of those teachers and ALL of those administrators etc, the same amounts, when they are dealing with FEWER STUDENTS. And if the school “loses” less per student that leaves than they get to start with, that means you could have smaller classes – a goal everyone seems to favor – with the teachers being paid MORE. Even if the only students left in the public schools were “special needs,” they would have MORE MONEY to deal with them than they get NOW! What kind of gyrations can the left invent for why that’s a bad thing?
Simple example: say a school has 100 students, two teachers, one principle and one superintendent. Say the state gives the school $100 dollars per student. That’s $10000 total income. For simplicity’s sake, let’s assume that income is split equally between the teachers and administration and the only costs associated with running the school is paying teachers and administration so each person earns $2500. Along come a charter school and 50 students leave but the state continues to give the school $50 dollars for each of the missing students. So now income is $50 * 50 students + $100 * 50 students = $7500. But you still have four employees to pay so either you have to fire someone or everyone has to take a pay cut.
(Yo, @kedavis. Is it a good thing that it seems like he didn’t get it?)